Nooitgedacht Estate 14 March 2026
Anja & Ruan
A 60-guest wedding in the vines with no speeches, no cake, and a two-hour lunch that ran until dark.
13:20
Anja got dressed in the cottage with three people and no music. It stayed that quiet right up to the aisle.
15:00
They said their vows under the oaks with the Simonsberg behind them. Ruan got through about four words of his.
17:45
Fifteen minutes in the rows while everyone else started on the wine.
19:30
Lunch turned into dinner turned into nobody leaving the table.
“We told Marike we didn't want to be photographed and she said fine, then handed us four hundred pictures of a day we barely noticed her at.”
Anja
The team
Who made this day work.
Shot at Nooitgedacht Estate in Stellenbosch . No travel fee. I'm fifteen minutes from most estates on this list.
- Venue
- Nooitgedacht Estate
- Flowers
- Veld & Vine Studio
- Dress
- Aletta Marais Atelier
- Catering
- Long Table Kitchen
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